Tag: Ediacaran Period
Lukas Ruegger on the “Ediacaran Explosion”— No Solution to the Cambrian Puzzle
Ruegger is the personable new intelligent design “explainer” whose videos take an approach similar to Khan Academy’s, but better.
Was Spriggina an Evolutionary Ancestor of Arthropods?
For those wedded to an evolutionary interpretation of life’s history, the fossil and genetic evidence leave the origin of arthropods a major mystery.
Uncertain Affinities of Trilobozoa
That the same fossils can be attributed to at least six different phyla of marine invertebrates as well as terrestrial fungi really should give reason to pause.
Examining Potential Other Trilobozoans
Last but not least, there is this gem: In 1986 strange mushroom-shaped deep-sea animals were collected offshore South Australia.
Resurrecting Namacalathus as an Ediacaran Animal
The new fossils stem from a layer in the Nama Group of Namibia, just below an ash bed that could be radiometrically dated to 547.32 ± 0.65 million years.